Bloomberg Vladimir Putin set the stage to stay on as Russia’s president for potentially another 16 years, reversing his past opposition to scrapping term limits so that he — and only he — can continue to rule the country. “I fully recognise my own personal responsibility towards the citizens of this country,” Putin said in an unscheduled speech before the ...

Bloomberg Venezuelan police detained an opposition lawmaker hours after Juan Guaido supporters in Caracas were met with tear gas during a protest against Nicolas Maduro’s regime. Masked FAES officers forcibly removed Renzo Prieto from a hotel in eastern Caracas in the late afternoon, according to Guaido’s press office. Two other lawmakers, Zandra Castillo and Angel Torres, were released after being ...

Bloomberg Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden have cancelled planned rallies in Cleveland, Ohio amid concerns about coronavirus spreading at public events and suggested the campaigns might suspend large gatherings. But President Donald Trump’s campaign took a different tack, announcing that he would attend a ‘Catholics for Trump’ coalition event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 19, that “will bring together Catholics ...